Thread: Target to stop carrying Amazon Kindle
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Old 05-04-2012, 03:32 AM   #72
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Originally Posted by JonathanH View Post
The New York Times quotes a Target exec from January:

“What we aren’t willing to do is let online-only retailers use our brick-and-mortar stores as a showroom for their products and undercut our prices,” Target executives wrote in a letter to vendors, asking them to think of new pricing and inventory strategies, according to a note that Deborah Weinswig, a Citi analyst, sent to clients.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/bu...g-kindles.html
They aren't going to sell anything if they remove all items people can buy online cheaper. Sounds like a bunch of whining to me. And they can't stop people from checking something out in their store and choosing to buy elsewhere if their price is too high. This won't save them...it will hurt them.

I take all factors into consideration when deciding to buy. I make that decision after seeing the item and comparing prices. If there isn't a significant difference I buy locally but I will not pay 25% more etc. If Target doesn't like that then they can suck it.
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